Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City is a profound exploration by Princeton sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond. This book follows the lives of eight families in Milwaukee as they struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Through unforgettable scenes of hope and loss, Desmond reveals the centrality of home, without which nothing else is possible.

Evicted transforms our understanding of poverty and economic exploitation while offering fresh ideas for solving one of 21st-century America's most devastating problems. It is a vivid and unsettling read that opens our eyes to the challenges faced by those living in poverty.

It’s the last day of 1984, and 85-year-old Lillian Boxfish is about to take a walk. As she traverses a grittier Manhattan, a city anxious after an attack by a still-at-large subway vigilante, she encounters bartenders, bodega clerks, chauffeurs, security guards, bohemians, criminals, children, parents, and parents-to-be—in surprising moments of generosity and grace.

While she strolls, Lillian recalls a long and eventful life that included a brief reign as the highest-paid advertising woman in America—a career cut short by marriage, motherhood, divorce, and a breakdown.

A love letter to city life—however shiny or sleazy—Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney paints a portrait of a remarkable woman across the canvas of a changing America: from the Jazz Age to the onset of the AIDS epidemic; the Great Depression to the birth of hip-hop.

Run Baby Run is the thrilling story of Nicky Cruz's desperate battle against drugs, alcoholism, and a violent environment, as he searched for a better way of life on the streets of New York City.

Experience the raw and gripping journey of a young man who was an experienced thief, mugger, and hardened street criminal—all before he reached 18. This dramatic testimony reveals his struggles and triumphs over the chaos that surrounded him.

Witness the transformation of a savage street fighter into a beacon of hope, driven by the power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Nicky Cruz's story is not just a tale of violence and tragedy, but one of redemption and the unyielding strength of the human spirit.